Vocabulary Cards Unit 1.

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Apparel
(e par' el)

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Definition: (n.) clothing, that which serves as dress or decoration; (v.) to put clothes on, dress up

Synonyms: (n.) attire, garments; (v.) deck out

Antonyms: (v.) undress, unclothe, strip, denude

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Besiege
(bi sej')

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Definition:(v.) to attack by surrounding with military forces; to cause worry or trouble

Synonyms: (n.) blockade, encircle, pressure, hound

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Compress
(v., kem pres'
n., kam' pres)

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Definition:(v.) to press together; to reduce in size or volume; (n.) a folded cloth or pad applied to an injury

Synonyms: (v.) condense, shrink, shorten

Antonyms:(v.) expand, enlarge

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Denounce
(di nauns')

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Definition:(v.) to condem openly; to accuse formally

Synonyms: criticize, censure

Antonyms: hail, acclaim

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Dispatch
(dis pach')

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Definition:(v.) to send off or out for a purpose; to kill;(n.) an official messege; promptness, speed; the act of killing

Synonyms:(v.) slay; (n.) report, communication

Antonyms:(v.) recall, withhold

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Douse
(daus)

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(v.) to plundge into a liquid, drench; to put out quickly, extingguish

Synonyms: submerge, soak, dunk, immerse

Antonyms: dry out, dehydrate, kindle, ignite

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Expressly
(ek spres' le)

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(adv.) plainly, in so many words; for a particular purpose

Synonyms: clearly, pointedly, explicity

Antonyms: implicity, accidentally

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Famished
(fam' isht)

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(adj., part.) suffering severley from hunger or from lack of something

Synonyms: hungry, starving, ravenous'

Antonyms: well fed, full, satisfied, satiated

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Forsake
(for sak')

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(v.) to give up, renounce; to leave, abandon

Synonyms: desert, disown

Antonyms: keep, hold on to, stand by

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Gainful
(gan' fel)

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(adj.) profitable; bringing in money or some special advantage

Synonyms: moneymaking, paying

Antonyms: unprofitable, unrewarding, nonpaying

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Immense
(i mens')

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(adj.) very large or great,; beyond ordinary means of measurement

Synonyms: vast, enormous, immeasurable, gigantic

Antonyms: small, tiny, minute, infinitesimal

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Inept
(in ept')

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(adj.) totally without skill or appropriateness

Synonyms: clumsy, unskilled, bungling, incompetent

Antonyms: skillful, accomplished, adroit

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Ingeious
(in jen yes)

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(adj.) showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness; clever

Synonyms: imaginative, inventive, resourcefu

Antonyms: unimaginative, unoriginal, uninventive

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Instantaneous
(in sten ta' ne es)

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(adj.) done in an instant; immediate

Synonyms: prompt, quick, speedy

Antonyms: delayed, slow, gradual

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Irk
(erk)

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(v.) to annoy, trouble, make away

Synonyms: bother, irritate, vex

Antonyms: please, delight, cheer, gladden

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Libel
(li' bel)

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(n.) a written statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation of the person about whom it is made; (v.) to write or publish such a statement

Synonyms: (n.) slur; (v.) smear, defame

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Misgiving
(mis giv' ing)

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(n.) a feeling of fear, doubt, or uncertainty

Synonyms: worry, qualm, hesitation

Antonyms: feeling of confidence, assurance

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Oaf
(of)

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(n.) a stupid person; a big, clumsy, slow indivitual

Synonyms: bonehead, dunce, clod, lout

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Recede
(ri sed')

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(v.) to go or move backward; to become more distant

Synonyms: retreat, go back, back up, ebb

Antonyms: advance, come closer

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Repast
(ri past')

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(n.) a meal, food

Synonyms: victuals